The conditions were simple, said party colleague Márton Hajdu: there should be no corruption, and the government should not interfere with the functioning of the courts. However, Magyar is in a hurry and his new government will have its work cut out to meet those conditions in a short space of time.

The interview was recorded on Thursday, the final day of her son Marius Borg Høiby’s rape trial, which began at the start of February, days after the Epstein files involving Mette-Marit were released. A verdict is not due until June, but it is clear she waited for the trial to end before speaking publicly.

However, the leader of Norway’s Green Party, Arild Hermstad, who is a republican says the email exchanges point to a monarchy that is not working: “It really puts not only the royal family in a big squeeze, but also for Norway itself, how do you actually solve this? At least she has to be very…